Fracture mechanics for crack propagation in drying soils

12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1060-1067

  Prat, P C ^a   Ledesma, A ^a   Lakshmikantha, M R ^a   Levatti, H ^a   Tapia, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fracture mechanics; H M model; Size effect; Soil cracks

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; DIRECT METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FRACTURE PARAMETER; MECHANICS LABORATORY; SIZE EFFECTS;

CRACK INITIATION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOMECHANICS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EID: 77953241267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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